Weather Records on 3 September 1931

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1931. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 3 September 1931

On 3 September 1931, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 408 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.2 mm (2.7 in) on 3 September 1931.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 3 September 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 3 September 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

375 broken records

Margins by which the 375 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1931

Top 20 records on 3 September 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1931	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1931	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Virginia Sheedy Road, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	American River, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Mallala, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Auburn, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Eurongilly (Bundaleer), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Uraidla, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Manoora, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Singimari, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1931	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1811 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1931. 1931 had 429 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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Data for records on 1931-09-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	346
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1